Beverage dispenser



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WILLIAM A. sonarz, or Asmara, NEW Yoan, nssrenoa To Remax co., rnc., or` New Youri, N. .a ooaroaerrou or Navi/'Yoan BEVERAGE DISPENSER.

Application alefispteinber 24, i920. kserial No. 412,510..

T 0 QZ? whom t may concern.'

Be it known. that l, lli/Trimmer. A. SCHATZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Astoria, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful. li'nprovements in Beverage Dispensers, of which the following is a full, clear, andy exact description, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which kit appertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention relates to beverage dispensersv and more particularly to beverage dispensers having facilities for cooling and mixing liquids.

It is an object of the invention to provide a. beverage dispenser having simple and efficient means for cooling, evenly mixing, and dispensing a plurality of liquids.

It is a further object vof the invention to provide such a beverage dispenser comprising features 'of structural superiority and functional advantage. j

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter in connection with the following description of the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a tvpical embodiment of the invention.

ln the drawings7 i A Fig. 1 is a vertical cross-section of the device;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the faucet member;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the faucet and adjacent parts; and

ld'ig. i is a fragmentary vertical crosssection of a modified form.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated, there is provided a con-- tainer 1, preferably transparent. mounted upon a cooling chamber 2.,v and communicating with a draw-olf faucet 5 b v means of a pipe or duct extending through the cool- `ing chamber. A. supply pipe 3 conveys water or other liquid under pressure to a coil of pipe 4 within the cooling chamber, also having direct connection to the faucet 5 in which the two liquids are automatically mixed. The chamber 2 may be cooled in any convenient manner as by packingwith ice, and a stop-cock (not shown) may be provided preferably above the level of the coiled pipe for draining oif water from the cooling chamber.` In` operation, when the faucet is opened, water under pressure is caused-to flow through the coil i and faucet 5.

into the faucet, and 'syrup from` the container is also admitted to the faucet. The twi'o liquids are forcibly and thoroughly mixed within thefaucet as will be described in detail hereinafter, and themixture then flows out through the nozzle 7 into a .suitable receiver.

The container 1, in the form shown, is provided with an extension or neck' 8, which is adapted to be seated in a cup-like part 9 depending from a supporting part*`10lv ofy the cooling chamber. A tight joint between the container and its support may be insured by allo-wing anenlarged portion of the neck 8 to rest on a rubber ring 11 held by the fixed supporting part.` ri. pipe 12 in free communication with the neck 8 of the container is sealed through the bottom of the cup 9 and leads directly to the The container 1 may have kan opening at the top for filling and is preferably provided with a covervpart 13. 'As

shown clearly in Fig. 1 the neck 8 of the container 1, the cup `9 and the pipe 12 will normallyy be filled with liquid .from the container, thus allowing considerable cooling effect to be realized from the encasing cooling chamber. K' The liquid in the coild and in the pipe 13 leading therefrom 'to the faucet will be thoroughly chilled in a similar manner. The walls 1li of the chamber y2 may be packedwith any poorly conducting substance, such as fiber, to keep the temperature within'the chamber as low as possible. As shown more in detail in Figs. 2 and 3, the faucet 5 comprises a slightly tapering shell 15 forming a combined mixing chamber and valve Within which is attached a tube 16, which may be vertically adjustable so as to transect more or less of the space within said shell. The tube 16 closes the opening at the lower end of the shell 15, rbut an annular vspace is left within the shell around the tube Ifurther up along its length, The member 15 'is seated in a correspondingly tapered supporting part 17 lfixed* upon the neck 18 -through. which the pipes 12 and 13 lead to ythe faucet. iport 19 registering with the pipes 12 and 13 ,when the faucet is turned to operative posi- The wall 15 is provided with a tion, as shown in Fig.` 3. 'In this position waterunder pressure allowed to `enter`the mixing chamber ofthe faucet throughk the pipe 13, is met by the wall of the tub'eflG, which acts as a sort of baffle, andis forced to liquid in the container.

flow around the tube andupwardly in part past the mouth of the pipe 12 before entering the tube through its upper end 2O and being discharged through the nozzle 7. By such a course sucti'onis created at the mouth of the pipe 12 and syrup passes in a steady even flow through this pipe into the mixing chamber. In operative position, the upper end of the tube 16 is preferably on a level with the mouthof the upper supply pipe 12, or above that level., and the discharge opening through the tube is preferably considerably larger than those through the supply pipes, so that there will be no tendency for the liquid to back up through the supply pipe 12, after entering the mixing chamber under pressure through the supply pipe 13. Such a tendency is further counteracted, in the form illustrated, by the pressure already existing at the mouth of pipe 12 due to the head of The thoroughness ofthe mixing may be varied to some extent by adjustment of the tubular member 16, so as to vary the capacity of the mixing chamber. It has been found that by the construction described a very thorough and iu- .timate mixing of the liquids is assiu'cd. The course of the liquid is altered and in part actually reversed in direction after entering the faucet and by this breaking up of the flow the two liquids are thrown together in such a way as to insure thorough intermingling.

If it is desired to draw oif one of the liquids in a clear state, the faucet handle is turned so that a port 21 which registers with but one supply pipe 13 admits but one of the liquids into the faucet. Obviously, the construction may be modified to admit other liquids and allow various combinations thereof. A screw plug 22 may be provided to protect the flow of lsyrup through the pipe 12 and thus regulate the mixture when a lesser quantity of any particular liquid is desired.

In the closed position as shown in Fig. 1 when the faucet handle is at right angles to the direction of flow of the entering liquids, an imperforate portion of the wall of the faucet closes the mouths of the tubes 12 and 13. When a mixed beverage is desired, a quarter turn of the handle in one direction allows entrance to liquids from both supply pipes and the two liquids are suddenly and forcibly intermingled in the very process of being discharged. From the original closed position a quarter turn of the faucet handle inthe reverse direction results in the flow of one liquid clear. Thus substantial and eificient means for accomplishing the objects of the invention are provided and the operation thereof is simple and easy.

A modified form of connection between the bottle and the cooling chamber is illustrated in Fig. 4. In lthis construction a metal ring 23 is permanently fixed upon a -flanged portion 24 of the neck of the container as shown and is adapted to be attached as by a screw thread connection to a cooperating ring 25 on the supporting member 10. Then the parts are assembled the lower edge of the neck 24 is seated on the ring 11, held by the member 25 and the-receiving cup 2G, and the container is thus tightly but removably secured in position.

As many further changes might be made in the above construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

lt is also to be understood that the lan guage used inthe following claims is intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described,

and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween,

Having described the invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. ln a liquid dispensing apparatus, in combination, a supply source for a liquid under pressure, a container for a second liquid. a mixing chamber closed at one end,

yconduits leading to said mixing chamber for introduction thereto of said liquids, a tubular member extending within said mixing chamber and forming a battle disposed so the liquid under pressure is projected from its conduit directly thereagainst, effecting agitation within said chamber resulting in the mixing of said liquids therein, said tubuf lar member providing a` discharge opening for the mixed liquids adjacent the upper part of said mixing chamber, and a nozzlecommunicating directly with said tubular battle, said tubular member being adjustable to transect a greater or less extent of said mixing chamber so as to vary the extent of mixing within the mixing chamber.

2. In a liquid dispensing apparatus, in combination, a supply source for a liquid under pressure, a container for a second. liquid of different consistency, a mixing chamber having a closed bottom, conduits' chamber, said tube having an opening toy receive liquid :trom said chamber andy rto convey it out through. said discharge open ing.

Ll. ln a device of the character described, in combination, a chamber having a discharge opening and a plurality of receiving ports and a tube in said chamber spaced 'from said ports adapted to divert the Atl'ow ot liquids entering through said ports and adapted to receive liquid from said chamber j and to convey it out through said discharge opening, one of said ports lying in the course of flow of the liquid between another ot said ports and the receiving end oi said tube. y

5. In a device of the character described, in combination, a tubular shell forming a wall :t'or a mixing chamber, a discharge nozzle carried by said shell, a plurality of ports adapted to allow entry of liquids into said mixing chamber upon rotation of said shell, said ports being so disposed that the flow of one liquid assists the flow of another into said mixing chamber, means for forcibly mixing said liquids before said liquids enter said discharge nozzle and means for causing discharge of said liquids.

6. In a liquid dispensing and mixing apparatus, in combination, a faucet co-mprising a mixing chamber and a discharge nozzle leading therefrom, a supply pipe for liquid under pressure leading to said chamber, a supply pipe ttor another liqui d leading to said chamber. a tubular baffle forming an extension of said nozzle and extending into said mixing chamber adjacent both of the outlets from said pipes, the liquid under pressure being thereby directed from its outlet past the other outlet to effect thorough mixing ot the liquids within thechamber.

7. In a liquid dispensing apparatus, in combina-tion, a tubular shell forming a wall for a mixing chamber and having a plurality of ports therein, a discharge nozzle in communication with said mixing chamber and connected to the lower partof said shell for support thereby, a plurality of conduits leading to said shell and having discharge openings, said. shell being movable so its ports register with various combinations ot said discharge openings to open the same. or so as to close said openings. and an extension tor said discharge nozzle forming a baille adapted to divert the flow of said liquids within said mixing chamber.

8. A faucet for dispensing apparatus comprising a rotatably mounted tapering shell circular in cross section and closed at its upper end, said shell having ports through `itsside walls adapted to receive a plurality'r oitl liquids, and a cylindrical tube within said shell iitting tightly against the wall `of said shell adjacent'the lower extremity thereof, said tube, extending upwardly within. said shell above the level of the ports.

9. A faucet tor dispensing apparatus comrprisin'g a rotatably mounted tapering shell circular in cross section and closed at its `upper end, said shell having ports through its side for a plurality of liquids, and a cylindrical tube within said shell fitting tightly against the wall of said shell adjacent the lower extremity thereof, said tube extending upwardly within said shell and vertically adjustable therein. n

10. In a faucet for dispensing apparatus, in combinatioma tubular'outer shell, a tube Within said'shell, the wall of which is spaced 'from the wall of said shell, said shell being movable to admit a plurality of liquids therewithin around said tube and thereby causing discharge of the liquids therethrough.

11. In a device of the character described, in combination, a vertically disposed chamber having a bottom and a dischargeopening and a plurality of receiving ports, said receiving ports being in diiiierent horizontal planes, said chamber including a rotary hollow valve memberhaving one or more apertures for entry of liquid Jtrom said ports, a tube in said valve member spaced from said ports communicating with said discharge opening adapted to divert liquid from one of said ports pastk another of said ports and having an entry for liquid from said chamber above the bottom oit said chamber.

12. In a device of the character described, in combination, a vertically disposed mixing chamber having a bottom and a discharge opening and a plurality of receiving ports, said receiving ports being in different horizontal planes, said chamber including a rotary hollow valve member having one or more'apertures for entry of liquid from said portska tube in said valve member spaced from said ports communicating with said discharge opening adapted to divert liquid i from one of said ports past another of said ports and having an entry for liquid from said chamber above the bottom of said chamber, said tube being vertically adjustable in said valve member to vary the effect of said mixing chamber.

13. In a device of the character described, in combination, a vertically disposed valve seat having a plurality of liquid delivery ports in different horizontal planes, a rotary hollow valve member closed at its upper end having one or more receiving ports adapted to register with one or more of said delivery ports, and a tube projecting into said valve member and spaced from said receivingandy said delivery ports to provide an upwardly discharging mixing chamber, said tube having an entry for liquid from said chamber above the plane of said delivery ports and having an opening for the discharge of liquid from said valve by way of said tube. f

14. ln a device of the character described, in combination, a vertically disposed valve seat having a plurality of liquid delivery' ports in different horizontal planes, a rotary hollow valve member Closed at its upper end having one or more receiving ports adapted to registerwith one or more of said delivery ports, and a vertical tube threaded immediate its'ends for support by said valve member and proj ecting thereinto and spaced Jfrom said delivery ports, to provide a mixing charnbei', the upper end of said tube being open for reception of liquid from said valve above said delivery ports, said tube providing a passageway for the discharge of liquid from said valve.

15. In a liquid dispensing apparatus, in combination, a supply source for a liquid under pressure, a cooling chamber, a container fora second liquid of different consistency detachably mounted upon said cooling chamber, a mixing chamber, conduits leading to said mixing chamber for introduction thereinto at different pressures of said liquids and having adjacent discharge openings disposed so flow from one conduit passes adjacent to and induces flow from the other and also effects forcible mixing of the liquids within said mixing chamber prior to discharge therefrom.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

VILLAM A. SCHATZ.

l/sfitnesses HOMER M. SMITH, M. A. CAsHIN. 

